Filing apparatus



y 1929. c. J. KAY. 1,713,875

FILING APPARATUS Filed Jan. 22, 1 3 SheetS Sheet l May 21, 1929. 'Y c. J. KAY 1,713,875

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GI-XARLES JOHN KATLOF AURORA, ILLINOIS, ASSIGTNOB: T0 VIESTERN ELECTRIC COM- PANY, INCORZPOR-ATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FILING APPARATUS.

Application filed January 22, 1925.

This invention relates to filing apparatus, and more particularly to cabinets for fihng sheets of material.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved apparatus for filing sheets of material.

In accordance with the main features of the invention a filing cabinet is provided wherein folders, comprising rigid backs and flexible covers serve to'hold flat material, such as drawings, and are inserted in horizontally disposed compartments formed by a plurality of closely spaced frames which serve to maintain the drawings under pressure. Conveniently positioned slidable shelves also assist in handling the folders.

Other features and advantages ofthe invention will readily become apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings in which i Fig. 1 is a perspective view of acabinet embodying the invention and showing one of the slidable in position to support a folder;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the cabinet taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the cabinet;

1 is an enlarged vertical sect-ion of a portion of the cabinet taken on the line 4li of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows and showing one folder in position; I

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view showing a folder being positioned between adjacent frames;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged. plan view of one of the folders Fig. 7 is a section thereof taken on the line 7-7 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of one of the frames that form the compartments, and

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the shelves and the grooved portion of the frame in which it is slidably secured.

In the drawings in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views l0 denotes generally the improved filing cabinet which comprises a plurality of legs 11, a pair of sides 12, a back 13, and a top let. Secured to the sides 12 are a plurality of supporting strips 16 which hold a plurality of frames 17 in evenly spaced positions. The back 13 is Serial No. 3,90%.

provided with similar strips 18 (Fig. 41) which serve a like purpose. A plurality of folders indicated at 20 (Fig. 6) are provided which comprise a pressboard back or bottom and a flexible top or cover 23, )referably of canvas, which is sewed to the bottom 22 along the edge 2 1 thereof. lVhen filed the folders lie in compartments 26 formed between adjacent frames 17, the height of each compartment being such that a filled or a partially filled folder is placed under snitablepressure to properly maintain the material. therein. The edges of the frames 17 are beveled at 27, as shown in Fig. 5, to assistin admitting the folders 20, and are provided with recesses 29 to facilitate the handling of the folders 20 when witl'idrawing them from the compartments 26. It will be noted that the cover 23 projects substantially to the front edges of the frames 17 and beyond the bottom 22, thus serving to partially cover the edges of the sheets to protect them from dust and in cooperation with the recesses 29, to provide means for grasping the folder when it is being withdrawn. Conveniently located slidable shelves 32-are also provided to aid in handling the folders. These shelves are. provided with pins 33 secured in the edges thereof and which ride in horizontally disposed slots 8 l in strips secured to the sides 12 of the cabinet. The slot-s 34 are closed at the forward end of the strip 35 to limit the movement of the shelves 32. A vertically disposed slot 36 connecting with the horizontal slot 3% provides means for removing the shelves 32 when desired. Apertures 37 are cut in the front edge of the shelves to form hand grips.

When sheets of some flat material such as inked tracings on cloth used in making blueprints, are to be filed, the most convenient shelf 32 below the compartment 26 in which the tracings are to be filed, is drawn out as far as the slots 3-} permit and a folder 2O placed flatly thereon. The tracings are then placed in the desired order on the pressboard bottom 22 and covered by the sewed canvas top 23. The folder 20 is longer than the shelf 32 and the shelf may be used as shown in Fig. 1 to aid in filing the folder by tilting the folder on the outer edge of the shelf to insert its sewed edge 241- between the beveled edges 27 of the frames 17 which form the selected compartment 26. The

folder is then slid into its 'filed position in the compartment. i

To remove a tracing from the cabinet, the

folder inwvhich it is filed is withdrawn a short distance from the compartment, the

tracing located and removed, and the folder returned to its filed position.

The beveled edges of the frames 17 serve to remove any creases or wrinkles that might appear in the tracings, and the filled folders 20 lie flat in the compartments 26 under pressure minimizing the probability of the edges of the tracings curling, crumpling,

or beingtornor damaged in anyother way. Also since the folders are pressed tightly between the frames 17 when tiled, thus pressing the tracings closelytogether', air is substantially excluded from between thetracings and their susceptibility to damage by fire isreduced',

@What is claimed is: y

1. In apparatus forfiling sheets of material, an open-front cabinet, a plurality of shelves having beveled front edges mounted horizontally therein and spaced apart to provide a plurality of narrow compartments, and a pluralityof containers for sheet materialhoused within said compartments,

, each'of said containers comprising a rigid back and flexible cover associated therewith of each container engaging the beveled edges of S2L1Cl shelves during the lnsertlon' of the containers therebetween to smooth the sheets contained therein and thereafter encover of each container during the insertion thereof to smooth the sheets contained therein, and the upper and lowersurfaces of adjacent partitions being engaged by the container for maintaining the sheets therein in a smooth condition;

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 12th day of January, A; D. 1925. a

CHARLES JOHN KAYQ t at one edge thereof, the back and the cover 

